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Martin Rees

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Martin Rees, a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords and Astronomer Royal, is a co-founder of Cambridge University’s Center for the Study of Existential Risks and was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Risking It All

Mar 7, 2013 Martin Rees on how and why nuclear deterrence worked.

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Can Science Save the World?

Nov 5, 2008 Martin Rees

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Is Trump an “Effective Leader”?

Jul 13, 2018 Scott Cowen wonders if the president's defenders are right to equate concrete results with leadership success.

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Only Poles Can Save Polish Democracy

Jul 13, 2018 Sławomir Sierakowski sees no institutions that can prevent the government's move to seize control of the Supreme Court.

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The Global Nostalgia Epidemic

Jul 13, 2018 Edoardo Campanella sees a pathological obsession with the past as the driving force behind modern nationalist movements.

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A Fork in the Road for Mexico

Jul 13, 2018 Graciana del Castillo argues that the new president is more likely to take the Uruguayan path than the Venezuelan path.

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The Economic Consequences of Trump’s Trade War

Jul 12, 2018 Barry Eichengreen asks why the effect of escalating protectionism on investment and financial markets has been so limited.

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We Need a Food Revolution

Jul 12, 2018 Bob Geldof warns that flawed agricultural practices and climate change have made humans their own worst enemy.

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Health Coverage Must Not Ignore Africa’s Elderly

Jul 12, 2018 Brian Atuhaire warns that the needs of poor seniors in rural parts of Africa are being overlooked.

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PS. Explain This: North Korea's Economic Ambitions

Jul 12, 2018 PS editors examine what really brought Kim Jong-un to the negotiating table with Donald Trump.

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